Farmers have been using PTO generators to run their operations for days or weeks at a time during power outages, including their houses for decades.
PTO generators do not put out special "farmer electricity" that only works on barns...
Now here's the main rub with the PTO generator: If you have only one tractor, and you need it for some other reason such as to plow the driveway or clear downed trees or to pull someone out of the ditch, you now have to power down the house, unhook the generator from the tractor, do what you need to do, then hook it all back up and play "catch up" from the time the power was out.
Another concern you might have is the stability and cleanliness of the power. Your tractor needs a good governor and a surplus of horsepower for whatever load is being placed on it so it stays at a relatively constant RPM, for sensitive electronic devices...
The biggest problem with self-powered generators are the owners. They don't maintain them, keep fresh gas in them, run them from time to time, so they are never ready when they're needed.
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